Author Archive

Our Sustainable Volunteering Officer, Eleanor Moore, shares top tips for Student Volunteering Week and beyond.

In our January newsletter, we share our new tranche of SWMD Skills training courses, and the news that our Green Grants deadline has been extended until 14 February 2022.

Results are in from the National Skills Needs Survey, with insights on the kind of training you want, and the topics you've prioritised. 17% of respondents were from the South West.

Our December 2021 newsletter contains local festive activities, highlights of the year, and much more.

Read our update at the six month mark for this project supporting 10 Gloucestershire museums.

In our November newsletter we share news of climate action activity in the South West in line with COP26, along with news and opportunities from across the museum sector.

In our October newsletter we have Accreditation updates along with news and opportunities from across the museum sector.

We share a new case study on a Small Grant: Big Improvement funded project, about the funding process, managing the project and the lessons learned along the way.

In our September newsletter, we have final spaces available on our Autumn training programme, our annual museum survey closing soon, and updates and opportunities from across the sector.

A Q&A with Katie Scaife, Project Manager of Unlocking our Sound Heritage, Bristol Archives on digitising audio collections.